after katrina, 600 firefighters from new york went to new orleans, southwest airlines donating round trip flights for the firefighters. i love that they stuck around down in new orleans to just help them in their daily life. >> absolutely. if any city feels the pain of the northeast right now it is new orleans along the gulf coast for sure. nicely done, fellows. >>> people in northern california are preparing for their first major wet storm of the season. a super soaker expected to stick around right through the weekend. free sandbags were given away ahead of the drenching rain that could trigger flooding as well as mud slides. the storm is also stirring up 70-mile-an-hour winds and up to 2 feet of wet snow in the mountains. >>> in pennsylvania a snowstorm that made a mess of the morning commute triggered crash after crash in the central and eastern part of the state. semitrucks jackknifed in the poconos, and cars ran off the road. some drivers were stuck in traffic for hours. several children suffered minor injuries actually when their school bus overturned in the middle of all that